As of February 9, 2017, AT&T was the largest USA telecom player, Verizon was the second largest, and T-Mobile was the third-largest player by market capitalization. "Everything we've done is to provide the best experience on the best network - and we've built it for the future, not just for today", said Ronan Dunne, president of Verizon's wireless division. You must enroll in auto-pay to get those prices and they do not include fees. Additionally, customers must use AutoPay. Currently, the T-Mobile "One Plus" plan that costs $85 a month includes "unlimited HD day passes", but customers have to switch HD video on every day that they want higher-definition video.

Of course, like all so-called unlimited plans, Verizon's is not really unlimited. However, Verizon said that it doesn't expect to do that often. T-Mobile has not given specific details on the new resolution that'll be available to ONE subscribers, but "HD" likely equates to 720p.

Customers can also add connected devices, such as a smartwatch, to the plan for $5 each per month.

With Verizon unlimited data plans, hotspot tethering is limited to 10GB for 4G, after which speeds drop to 3G.

Verizon says that after your account hits 22GB in usage each month, it may throttle your speeds so other customers get prioritization during peak times.

Left wins presidency in new blow to Merkel
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'La La Land' Wins Best Film at British Academy Film Awards
The musical, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, has 11 nominations, while Arrival and Nocturnal Animals both have nine each. And while the luscious " La La Land " was the favorite, academy voters could choose to reward less escapist fare. 2/13/2017

FEC official wants proof of New Hampshire voter fraud claims
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Storm progresses as expected; snow coming soon
Wednesday saw temperatures of almost 60 degrees in New York City , and Thursday will be a little, er, different. Many school districts already have canceled Thursday classes including New York City, Philadelphia and Boston. 2/12/2017

PM Modi likes peeking into people's bathroom: Rahul Gandhi
Appealing to the youth, Modi said, "We eliminated interview processes for class III & IV jobs; this has reduced corruption". Is he working towards an alliance between the two parties? He also said that PM is fond of such acts. 2/12/2017

Billions being spent on Qatar World Cup
As things stand in qualifying, they are the ninth best team in Asia, a confederation that receives 4.5 places at the World Cup. The human rights groups have claimed that the workers have been exploited and forced to work under very risky conditions. 2/11/2017

Grab your tripods, a partial lunar eclipse is coming Friday night
Unlike the dramatic total eclipse of the moon, you can only see a subtle dark shadow on the moon during the penumbral version. Comet 45P will appear blueish-green due to vaporizing diatomic carbon, which appears green in space's near-vacuum conditions. 2/11/2017

The Toyota RAV4 Gets Adventurous and More Aggressive
Toyota has also chose to offer its active driver safety system - Toyota Safety Sense - as standard equipment on both models. The former is fitted with an automatic limited-slip differential while the latter gets the Dynamic Torque Control system. 2/11/2017